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It’s time to say goodbye to overpriced razors from the supermarket and embrace the joy of having high-quality shaving products delivered right to your door. It’s a small luxury but you absolutely deserve it. The easiest way to have quality shaving products shipped to you is by signing up for a shaving subscription service. Online shave clubs have quite a bit to offer — including a wide variety of shaving supplies, quality products and excellent savings. There are quite a few out there, but these are some of the best online shave clubs we’ve discovered.
Additionally, most of these services aren’t limited to razors, either — you can snag other great toiletries and products for sensitive skin, like shave gel, shaving butter, body wash, aloe vera, shea butter and aftershave. By including add-ons such as shaving cream and gel, Dollar Shave Club, Billie, Harry’s and other shaving subscriptions are looking to offer you more value than if you set up Subscribe and Save on Amazon for your favorite name-brand razor.
Don’t assume that a shaving club is limited to guys. Many of these services offer products targeted toward all genders.
Interested in ditching your drugstore disposable razor for a monthly razor subscription? This guide will help you choose the best shave club. We’ll update this list periodically.
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One of the original razor subscription services, famous for its 2012 viral video, Dollar Shave Club razors offers three razor options for your daily shave: two-blade, four-blade and six-blade. All are under $9 per month for replacement blades and for the one-time cost for the handle.
The Dollar Shave brand started as just a razor subscription brand and has now expanded into several lines of men’s grooming products, including skincare, hair care, fragrance, deodorant, shaving and oral care.
For your first order, Dollar Shave Club urges you to get a starter pack, which includes two replacement cartridge refills, a handle and shave butter for $5. After two weeks, you’ll automatically get a restock shipment of two cartridge razors for $20 (or more if you add additional products). You can customize both your Dollar Shave starter kit and restock shipments to also include body wash, face wash, shampoo, post-shave dew, toothpaste and a toothbrush.
Although the Dollar Shave branding is aimed at men, I’ve bought and used Dollar Shave Club’s razor blades in the past and they’ve done well for ingrown hair on my legs and underarms.
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Harry’s focuses on simplicity, style and higher-quality craftsmanship for its shaving and grooming products. There are just two handle options for their men’s razors and one type of razor cartridge. Its Winston handle is metal with no-slip rubber grips for $12. For $10, you can get the Truman, which has a rubber coating throughout and comes in orange, navy and green.
Like Dollar Shave Club, Harry’s has a shaving essentials grooming starter pack for $5 that comes with one razor blade cartridge and shave gel. With a Harry’s Shave Club subscription, you get eight new cartridges for $16 (plus shaving gel for an extra $6), every two, three or five months, depending on how often you shave.
In addition to blades, Harry’s also sells face wash, post-shave balm, soap and other body care items.
P.S. I’ve also used Harry’s razors with good shaving results. If you truly want a women’s razor for a close shave, Harry’s owns a brand called Flamingo that sells them but does not offer subscription boxes. Flamingo’s razor has a weighted ergonomic handle and a rubber grip for easy shaving.
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Billie’s ambition as a shave club is to provide quality women’s razors and body care products that don’t cost more than men’s. Women’s personal care and shaving products are often subject to the “pink tax,” meaning they cost more simply because they are marketed to women.
The brand sells one style of razor, available in Instagram-worthy seven colors. It has five blades and a band of charcoal soap around the blades to help the razor slide easily for a comfortable shave.
Billie’s $10 starter kit includes a handle, two cartridges and a magnetic holder to store the razor in your shower. The company then sends you four replacement cartridges monthly (or whatever frequency you choose to get a blade refill), which also costs $10. Billie also sells body lotion, body wash and shave cream.
What I particularly love about this company is that it celebrates and normalizes women’s body hair, whether you choose to shave or not, with its Project Body Hair campaign. Anyone can submit a photo of their body hair, and you can see photos from others who’ve contributed. In a society that often demonizes any kind of physical flaw on women, this approach is frankly refreshing.
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Coarse facial hair can be hard to shave, but kinky or curly hair is even harder. Bevel’s shave kit is designed with men of color in mind, to address their specific skin and shaving needs.
The shaving kit mimics what you’d see at a barber shop, with a shaving brush, skin oil, shave cream and an aftershave balm. All of those skin products have moisturizing oils to prevent bumps, razor burn and ingrown hairs on your face and neck.
When it comes to the actual hair removal, instead of a multiblade cartridge, you use a single-blade safety razor. The complete kit is $85 with a subscription (or $90 without), and Bevel will send you refills of razor blades, oil, shaving cream and balm.
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For men who love a straight razor shave, or who just consider themselves a bit hipster, there’s the Supply razor. This sleek single-edge razor is made from aerospace-grade stainless steel and uses injector-style blades that are easy to change. Its unique design helps it stand apart from the typical safety razor. This high-quality razor has a 100-year guarantee.
As an additional note, there is a starter set. It includes the razor handle with three months’ worth of blades, a shave brush, shaving cream and aftershave for $99. For just the razor, it’s $59, and new blades are $6 for eight blades — which the company says will last you for months.
Like Bevel, the Supply single-edge razor is designed to minimize skin irritation, razor bumps, ingrown hairs and razor burn. Its unique, high-quality design helps it stand apart from the typical safety razor.
Yeah, those prices are steep, but Supply offers you a 100-day trial. If you don’t like it after you try it, you can get a refund.
Supply sells a few extras too. For $39, you can get a beautiful, although superfluous, leather case.
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I’d bet you’ve used one of Gillette’s razors in your life. In response to all of these razor subscriptions popping up in recent years, Gillette also offers its own shave club to help you save money.
You can choose between two starter kits, the ProGlide Shield and the SkinGuard kit. Both are usually priced at $14 but are free with a subscription and come with a handle, blade and travel case. Refills cost $26, and you can get them every one, three or six months.
Those prices are actually competitive with Amazon, at least for some of the products, and not all Gillette refills on Amazon offer Subscribe and Save. If you really want to “set it and forget it” with your razor blades, Gillette On Demand isn’t a bad deal.
For the ladies, you can get Gillette’s Venus razor on demand. For $7, you get a free handle, a blade cartridge, plus shower gel and a shower hook. Refills — which also include four cartridges — cost $18. You can sign up to get those refills every month, every three months or every six.
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